Biotech Calendar: Key Dates for February

BOSTON (TheStreet) -- A calendar of important, potentially stock-moving biotech events for February:

Feb. 2
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals(IRWD) initial public offering.

Feb 8 - 9
BIO CEO Conference, New York.

Feb. 9
FDA approval decision date for GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) and Xenoport's(XNPT) Solzira for restless leg syndrome.

Feb. 10
FDA Oncologic Drug Advisory Committee meeting to discuss Cell Therapeutics'(CTIC) lymphoma drug pixantrone. FDA's briefing documents for this meeting likely available Feb. 8 - 9.

Micromet(MITI) investor/analyst day.

Feb. 11
FDA approval decision date for Labopharm's(DDSS) trazadone contramid for major depressive disorder.

Feb. 12
FDA approval decision date for Cadence Pharmaceuticals'(CADX) Acetevance (intravenous acetaminophan) for hospital use.

Feb. 13
FDA approval decision date for Gilead Sciences'(GILD) Cayston antibiotic for cystic fibrosis.

Feb. 16-19
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), San Francisco
Gilead will be presenting phase II data on its "Quad pill" for HIV.

Feb. 23
FDA advisory panel to review Salix Pharmaceuticals'(SLXP) Xifaxan in hepatic encephalopathy.

Feb 25
ImmunoGen(IMGN) investor/analyst meeting.

Feb. 28
FDA approval decision date for Shire's(SHPGY) velaglucerase in Gaucher's disease.

Ongoing FDA reviews with no firm decision date:

Auxillium Pharmaceuticals(AUXL) and Pfizer's(PFE) Xiaflex for Dupuytren's Contracture.

Mannkind's(MNKD) Afresa (inhaled insulin) for diabetes.

-- Reported by Adam Feuerstein in Boston.

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